Tobacco Use Disorder
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this research is to test a text message intervention for people who are beginning an attempt to quit smoking. The intervention seeks to teach people to think about their cravings to smoke in more helpful ways. The investigators expect that participants receiving the text message craving program will be less likely to begin smoking again compared to participants in a control condition.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALText Message Craving Program
Text messages targeting cravings delivered 2-3 times per day.
BEHAVIORALSelf-Help Manual Plus Control Texts
Self-help manual plus motivational text messages delivered 2-3 times per day.
Sponsors
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
University of Cincinnati
Miami University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age 18 or older * Current daily smoking defined as smoking ≥5 cigarettes per day and having smoked for at least 3 months. During the first visit smoking status will be verified by a Carbon Monoxide level of at least 8 parts per million. * Have a mobile phone and use text messaging at least monthly * Be planning to quit smoking without pharmacological help.
Exclusion criteria
* Significant cognitive impairment * Current therapy or pharmacological intervention for smoking or nicotine cravings * Inability to read English
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 7-Day Point Prevalence Abstinence | End of Treatment (6-week) Follow-Up | Point prevalence abstinence is defined as the prevalence of not experiencing a full relapse in the period immediately preceding measurement. A full relapse will be defined as 7 continuous days of smoking or smoking ≥ 1 day(s) per week for the two consecutive weeks preceding the time of measurement. Self-reported abstinence will be verified by a Carbon Monoxide assay of breath samples and will override self-report in the direction of smoking. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed